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How Two Words From China's President Finally Silenced Trump [View all]
Donald Trump will leave China a chastened man.
If he didn’t know what Xi Jinping meant by raising the specter of the Thucydides Trap when he arrived in Beijing, you can be sure that he does now.
Because it was a warning issued by a leader who is very much Trump’s equal in power and way more experienced at using it.
Amid the pomp of Trump’s arrival on Thursday, Xi invoked a classical Greek reference suggesting that war is often inevitable when a rising power challenges a hegemon.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/two-words-china-president-finally-203156856.html
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